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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East

Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East Hardback - 2004

by Leeming, David Adams

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Esteemed scholar Leeming, who has authored more than 12 books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization.

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  • Title Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
  • Author Leeming, David Adams
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Black Stripes on
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 150
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-03-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004132841
  • ISBN 9780195147896 / 0195147898
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.68 x 6.44 x 0.73 in (24.59 x 16.36 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Middle Eastern
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003053596
  • Dewey Decimal Code 291.130

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2004, Page 936
  • Choice, 02/01/2005, Page 1038
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2004, Page 124
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/15/2003, Page 69

About the author

David Leeming is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut. His many books include Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America, with Jake Page (OUP, 1999), A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (OUP, 2000), and Myth: A Biography of Belief (OUP 2001). He lives in Riverdale, NY.